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= Tom 'spot' Callaway =
= Tom 'spot' Callaway =
Tom 'spot' Callaway does not currently possess any notable mutant powers.
However, he is currently the Fedora Engineering Manager.
He served three consequtive elected terms on the Fedora Board from 2007 to 2011.
He is also responsible for the Aurora SPARC Linux Project, which is a port of Fedora to SPARC.<BR>
He's worked for Red Hat since February 2001, and is worshipped by lemurs throughout the known universe.


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On IRC (freenode.net), he's "spot".
On IRC (freenode.net), he's "spot".


== Roles ==
* Tom 'spot' Callaway does not currently possess any notable mutant powers.
* He is currently the Fedora Engineering Manager @ Red Hat.
* He served three consecutive elected terms on the Fedora Board from 2007 to 2011.
* He was responsible for the Aurora SPARC Linux Project, which was a port of Fedora to SPARC. This effort is long dead.
* He has worked for Red Hat since February 2001, and is worshipped by lemurs throughout the known universe.
* He is currently leading the Fedora Packaging Committee, responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices.
== Badges ==
{{ #fedorabadges: spot }}
== Packages ==
He also maintains a LOT of packages in Fedora. He used to keep a list here, but it was a pain to maintain.
He also maintains a LOT of packages in Fedora. He used to keep a list here, but it was a pain to maintain.
Pkgdb has this list: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/spot?acls=owner&acls=commit (some things I only co-maintain, or are dead packages now)
Pkgdb has this list: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/spot?acls=owner&acls=commit (some things I only co-maintain, or are dead packages now)


He's currently leading the Fedora Packaging Committee, responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices.


Due to an incredibly erratic and unpredictable schedule, he doesn't currently keep regular office hours in #fedora (or anywhere on IRC for that matter).
== Sponsor ==
 
While I do sponsor new Packagers, I do so rarely these days, mostly because I'm super busy.


And last but not least, he's a Sponsor for new Contributors. Currently, he sponsors these fine people:
Here is a list of some of the people I've sponsored:


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If any of them screw up, feel free to let him know.
If any of them screw up, feel free to let me know.

Revision as of 19:12, 4 September 2013

Tom 'spot' Callaway

You can email him at: tcallawa<AT>redhat.com
On IRC (freenode.net), he's "spot".

Roles

  • Tom 'spot' Callaway does not currently possess any notable mutant powers.
  • He is currently the Fedora Engineering Manager @ Red Hat.
  • He served three consecutive elected terms on the Fedora Board from 2007 to 2011.
  • He was responsible for the Aurora SPARC Linux Project, which was a port of Fedora to SPARC. This effort is long dead.
  • He has worked for Red Hat since February 2001, and is worshipped by lemurs throughout the known universe.
  • He is currently leading the Fedora Packaging Committee, responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices.

Badges

Bona Fide If you build it... (Koji Success II) If you build it... (Koji Success IV) If you build it... (Koji Success III) If you build it... (Koji Success I) FOSSY 2024 Junior Editor Senior Editor Associate Editor Speak Up! Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Flock 2013 Attendee Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Tagger (Tagger II) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Junior Badger (Badger I) Proven Packager Involvement Curious Penguin (Ask Fedora I) Curious Penguin (Ask Fedora II) Riddle Me This Tanked! Crypto Panda Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Partners in Crime Master Editor What goes up... (Koji Failure III) What goes up... (Koji Failure I) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) Trust me, I know what I am doing Mugshot Ambassador Let Me Introduce Myself Senior Badger (Badger II) Paranoid Panda Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F20) Flock 2024 Attendee Pixel Perfect Night Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) White Hat Secretary General White Rabbit Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Binary Star Baby Badger Flock 2013 Speaker Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) You Can Pry It From My Cold, Undead Hands Embryo Tadpole Egg Now, I return to my farm Crypto Badger Pycon 2014 Attendee It still works! The Blessing of the FPL All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Flock 2014 Attendee Flock Paparazzi Nuancier 21 What goes around comes around (Karma IV) Flock 2013 Organizer Flock 2014 Organizer Vacation Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Corporate Shill Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) OSCON 2015 Attendee Macaron (Cookie I) Adult Frog Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Badge Muse (Badges Released I) United Packages of Fedora Top 10 Top 100 Top 25 Top 500 Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Red Hat Summit 2016 Flock 2016 Organizer Krakow Brews! Badge Muse (Badges Released II) FOSDEM 2017 Attendee Red Hat Summit 2017 FOSDEM 2018 Attendee Red Hat Summit 2018 Flock 2018 Attendee Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Riding the Bull Home (Tester VI) I Voted: Fedora 33 Community Messenger I FOSDEM 2021 Attendee Red Hat Summit 2021 Community Survey Taker I Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee FOSDEM 2023 Attendee Flock 2023 Attendee The Bull Transcended (Tester VII) What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Fedora Legal Badge of Doom Override, you say? Your call may be monitored for quality assurance Patches (SCM V) Take this and call me in the morning Corporate Drone Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Master Badger (Badger III) The Panda Is In Consolation Prize Fedora 21 Change Accepted Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Missed the Train Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Delivery Packager Sponsor Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Nom Nom Nom Chief Editor Fedora at RH Summit, 2015 The cat came back... Like a Rock (Updates-Stable IV) Curious Penguin (Ask Fedora III) Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Horcrux Master Tagger (Tagger IV) Taming the Bull (Tester V) Master Package Tagger (Package Tagger IV) Let's do lunch! Don't Call it a Comeback Gold Macklemore (Tagger V) Bronze Silver 3D Printing SIG Member OSCON 2017 Attendee Black and White (Cookie III) Steampunk Arcade Flock 2017 Attendee Rollercoaster Restaurant FOSDEM 2019 Attendee You’re on a boat! Parselmouth II Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) I Voted: Fedora 34 Fedora 38 Change Accepted FOSDEM 2024 Attendee SCaLE 21x Attendee Old Yeller Froglet Tadpole with Legs Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) FOSDEM 2014 Attendee What goes around comes around (Karma I) What goes around comes around (Karma II) Helping Hand Flock 2014 Speaker Science (Kernel Tester I) Party Pirate What goes around comes around (Karma III) Flock 2015 Attendee Flock 2015 Speaker FOSDEM 2015 Attendee Origin Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing IV) Flock 2015 Organizer Common Bugs Contributor Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Apprentice (Badge Artist I) Science (Kernel Tester II) Parselmouth I Nuancier F24 Fedora 24 Change Accepted SELF 2016 Flock 2016 Attendee Mic Check! (Updates-Testing V) Corporate Overlord Board Member Tectonic! (Updates-Stable V) SCaLE 16x Attendee DevConf.us Attendee 2018 Flock 2019 Attendee I Voted: Fedora 31 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) nest-attendee-2020 It's a Cake Thing Council Member Museum Visitor Nest Attendee 2021 I Voted: Fedora 35 I Voted: Fedora 36 SCaLE 19x Attendee CentOS Connect 2023 Attendee

Packages

He also maintains a LOT of packages in Fedora. He used to keep a list here, but it was a pain to maintain. Pkgdb has this list: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/spot?acls=owner&acls=commit (some things I only co-maintain, or are dead packages now)


While I do sponsor new Packagers, I do so rarely these days, mostly because I'm super busy.

Here is a list of some of the people I've sponsored:

Chuck R. Anderson
Dmitry Butskoy
Jeff Carlson
Didier Casse
Mark Cox
Kushal Das
Patrice Dumas
Ralf Ertzinger
Kevin Fenzi
Chris Grau
Kevin Gray
Ed Hill
Dan Horák
Neil Horman
Patrick Laughton
John Patrick Mahowald
José Matos
Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski
Karen Rei Pease
Ian Pilcher
Orion Poplawski
Jef Spaleta
Quentin Spencer
Richard A. Stout
Andreas Thienemann
Axel Thimm
Jason L Tibbitts III
Toni Willberg
Paul Wouters

If any of them screw up, feel free to let me know.